Category Archives: PEOPLE

THE FARADAY MUSEUM, ALBERMARLE STREET, MAYFAIR

Posted on October 22, 2025 by bilyreid

A free day in London! A daydream of mine during my four years of working in Mayfair. What to do when you are so spoiled for choice?? It didn’t take me too long to come up with an idea. Time … Continue reading →

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SCOTT POLAR MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE

Posted on October 10, 2025 by bilyreid

Highlight of my Cambridge trip was undoubtedly a visit to the Scott Polar Museum. Where had this been all my life? Now having some familiarity with both Polar regions it was long past time for an extended reconnoitre (aided mightily … Continue reading →

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EASTER 2025

Posted on April 20, 2025 by bilyreid

EASTER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2025 Some images from my trip to Israel several years ago. THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, OLD JERUSALEM The Church of the Holy Sepulchre site has been recognized since early in the fourth … Continue reading →

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DUNNVILLE SENDS ITS BEST!!

Posted on January 9, 2025 by bilyreid

Ok, I hear you!! Enough already! We’ve had it with your wildlife and landscape photography. Did you not meet some personalities down South?? Short answer, “Sure did!!” One such is Brenya Green from Dunnville, Ontario. Here we are, two individuals … Continue reading →

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CHEESEBURGERS ……..IN PARADISE??!!

Posted on December 27, 2024 by bilyreid

One of the problems in the Heroic Age of polar adventure was fresh food…or indeed, any food at all. Many an expedition ended in starvation if not outright cannabalism. Take the american Greely expedition to Ellesmere Island in 1883. Twenty … Continue reading →

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FELIZ NAVIDAD

Posted on December 24, 2024 by bilyreid

Here it is. Another Christmas eve and it seems that my celebrations might be a bit delayed this year. Ran into a bit of bother on exiting Ushuaia after my Antarctic adventures. It’s a long story so let me back … Continue reading →

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VINGT TROIS DECEMBRE

Posted on December 23, 2024 by bilyreid

It’s never Christmas in my world until I have heard this song at least once of a young Montreal boy eagerly contemplating the rapid approach of Christmas back in the 1960s. Now a Quebec classic. “Parce que je voulais me … Continue reading →

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GATEWAY TO THE ANTARCTIC

Posted on December 19, 2024 by bilyreid

FIND THE ZODIAC Hint (Click (and reclick) the image)

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RHYME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER UPDATE

Posted on December 16, 2024 by bilyreid

(Modern version. Or how I made friends with albatross. Don’t forget to click on images for a full screen view!) One of the objectives of my recent southern peregination was to photograph as much of the abundant wildlife as possible. … Continue reading →

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SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK!

Posted on December 10, 2024 by bilyreid

LUCKY ME! Here I am standing on my seventh continent (with a few big islands such as Greenland, Ellesmere, and Baffin thrown in between for good measure!). Proudly sporting my old Canadian Forces Station Alert touque!! I’m now a veteran … Continue reading →

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